It's Late....Should Be Sleeping..

Am loading in this old photo of Allie & I because Mother's Day was Sunday. I had a terrific Mother's Day. I spent most of it in bed researching genealogy on the internet. LOVE IT!
Visited 5 houses today for this summer. By the time I returned home, I was pooped, but the electrician was here to wire in the new heat pump for the back side of the house.
John & I have been really into movies lately...old movies. We have viewed some really great ones. Really enjoyed FAIR GAME.....
Am putting together a list of folks that would like to help with meals for the Scudder family when Alicia has her surgery. She has decided to have a double mastectomy ....coming up on May 18th.
Tomorrow will be a day spent at the computer.....it's late..NITE NITE

LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO!

The photo is of Allie and our newest little addtion, LOUIE. He's a little Yorkie that wandered into Alicia's yard just before we headed to England. We pursued all the avenues to finding an owner. Finally we had him "fixed" and he is ours. He is about 6 yrs old....vet said he's been wandering awhile. They had to pull one of his teeth because they were bad because of a terrible diet. WE LOVE HIM!

All of our British photos are at http://www.thepetersburgromaines.shutterfly.com .

Al spend the night THursday and we were up at 4am to watch THE WEDDING! Loved it!

One of our air conditioning units went kaput so men are coming today to install a new one....$$$$$$.

Al took her GRE tests for grad school...above average on verbal and writing...bombed the math....but good news....she emailed the head of the VCU History department and he said they ignore the math scores.....

So many tornados coming through the US....there is a farmer in Dinwiddie that is missing 15 of his cows after the big tornado last week.

Wish I could just spend time on genealogy....have been researching family lines for folks in England. JR & I have been watching movies in the evening....have seen some REALLY good ones. I have started crocheting again, so I hope to have several afghans ready by Christmas.

Things with the workcamp tshirts are a little slow, but coming along.

I know there are probably a billion more things to talk about now, but I must get started on REAL WORK!

P.S. OSAMA BIN LADEN was killed by the US military....then buried at sea.....much celebrating in the US....Iam feeling a sigh of relief,pride in our young men & women in uniform, but death is death to me....not a celebration...

Scrambled Brains

This photo was taken about 1962 when we first moved to Gloucester. We were a rag tag little bunch! I posted this because of my memories of Gloucester. As u saw in my last posting, the county was ravaged by tornados this past weekend. It breaks my heart about the destruction of the old high school. I really cherished so many of the hours I spent in that building....but, alas...it's just a building so have to get over it!

So much is going on...I feel like I have been trying to catch up ever since we returned from England. It was SO wonderful over there not having to keep a phone by me! I guess I am going to turn into one of those old ladies that talks about the good old days.

Workcamp is getting closer and closer. Allie is pushing to get into grad school.

I visited with a 91 year old Petersburg resident yesterday and had her give me her feelings about the Civil War. It was quite extrodinary!

I can't remember if I posted it or not, but we have a new little dog in our lives. His name is Louie. He was wandering near Alicia's house....tried to find his owners, but no takers. Had the vet do a "snip snip" and they ended up pulling one of his teeth also. He is 6 years old and he and Will are best buds now. Their personalities are SO different. Lots of fun having them both around.

John is living his new Honda. He feverishly types every morning....looking forward to Easter Sunday.

Alicia sees her surgeon again today....she is really wanting this show to get on the road! She, Ellen & I went up to Allie's last nite for dinner. Al was the perfect little Southern hostess. Housemate Carl shared the evening with us and it was good food, good conversation and a good time!

P.S. Happy Passover (late!)

Tornado Apr 2011

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Scudder Wedding

Yesterday's wedding was touching, funny, and a wonderful celebration!

You can see a selection of the photos at:

http://www.thepetersburgromaines.shutterfly.com

This is a pic of Allie & best friend Paul....she has the "Kate Middleton" hat on!

The Pictures Are Up!

The weather here & pollen are making me nuts! It's good to be home tho! I'm trying to catch up on workcamp business....and then the big wedding is happening this weekend - Ben's wedding countdown is on!

All of our England photos are online....you can view them at :

http://www.thepetersburgromaines.shutterfly.com/

The above photo of London Bridge was taken by Allie as we rode a ferry up the Thames River. The second photo is of Roydon Church where Mum Edith's funeral was held...

I'm still adjusting to the jet lag....

More to come later....

Home from London....

Here's a photo of my beautiful daughter on the Underground in London. Thought I'd just jot a note....I am ridiculously sleepy....but can't get on VA time. We spent 7 days with cousin TIM.... Did all the touristy things....visited family in northern England....even watched the VCU basketball playoff on the computer..... I will be posting photos soon. Glad to be home....